VW Chattanooga Vote: It's Historic, But Not a First

by Lane Windham

I put the VW Chattanooga Vote into a 40-year historical context in my new article on the Institute for Southern Studies' Facing South: VW Workers Not First to Face Choice on Union I was inspired to write this piece because a number of reporters have written the story without fully grasping how long Southern auto workers have been trying - - and even sometimes succeeding - - at forming unions.